#4A279E#4A279E

#4A279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.178 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A279E
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 45.12, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 74.02, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.0582 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.178 289)
XYZ	xyz(9.7193, 5.3751, 32.8665)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A279E #7B9E27

analogous

#273F9E #4A279E #85279E

triadic

#4A279E #9E4A27 #279E4A

tetradic

#4A279E #9E273F #7B9E27 #279E85

square

#4A279E #9E273F #7B9E27 #279E85

split-complementary

#4A279E #9E8527 #3F9E27

monochromatic

#1C0F3C #331B6D #4A279E #6235CD #8866D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4A279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A279E

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A279E	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.178 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665bc',
    500: '#4a279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a279e;
$custom-light: #8665bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39753,
    "c": 0.17841,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.05376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A279E

secondary

#A4BF62

accent

#E444B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A279E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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